ʻO Akon kahi mele Senegalese-ʻAmelika, mea kākau mele, rapper, mea hana moʻolelo, mea keaka, a me ka mea kālepa. He $80 miliona kona waiwai.
ʻO nā makahiki mua o Aliaune Thiam
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Akon (inoa maoli - Aliaune Thiam) ma St. Louis (Missouri) ʻApelila 16, 1973 ma kahi ʻohana ʻApelika. ʻO kona makuakāne, ʻo Mor Thaim, he mea hoʻokani jazz kuʻuna. He hula a mele ʻo Māmā, ʻo Kine Thaim. Mahalo i kāna mau genes, hoʻokani ka mea pena i nā mea kani e like me ka guitar, percussion a me djembe mai ka wā kamaliʻi.
Ua neʻe nā mākua i ko lākou kūlanakauhale ʻo Dakar (Senegal, West Africa) ma hope o ka hānau ʻana o Akon a noho ma laila no 7 mau makahiki. Ua hoʻi lāua i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa me ko lāua ʻohana a noho i New Jersey.
I kona wā ʻōpio, ua komo ʻo ia i ke kula kiʻekiʻe. Ua haʻalele kona mau mākua iā ia me kona kaikuaʻana ma Jersey City. A neʻe lākou i Atlanta (Georgia) me ke koena o ka ʻohana.
He ʻōpio kolohe ʻo ʻAkon i hana i nā mea āpau e kūʻē i nā lula kula. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i launa pū me nā keiki ʻē aʻe a komo i loko o ka hui ʻino.
Akā, mahalo i ka mana mele o ka ʻohana Akon, ua hoʻomohala ʻo ia i ke aloha i ke mele mai ka wā ʻōpiopio. ʻOiai nā pilikia i kona wā ʻōpio, mahalo i kona aloha i ke mele, ua lilo ʻo ia ma ke ala ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ka hīmeni a me ka hoʻokani ʻana i kona wā ʻōpio.
Ua hele ʻo ia ma ke Kulanui ʻo Clark ma Atlanta, Georgia. Ua haʻalele ʻo ia ma hope pono o ke kau mua. Ma hope o kona haʻalele ʻana i ke kulanui, ua hoʻololi loa ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana mele. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana i nā hoʻopaʻa home a i kēia manawa ua lilo ʻo ia i hoaaloha me Wyclef Jahn (Fugees). I ka makahiki 2003, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo Akon i kahi palapala moʻolelo.
ʻO ka ʻoihana mele a ʻAkon
Ua hoʻomaka ka hana mele a ka rapper i ka makahiki 2000. Ua nānā ʻo ia i ke kākau ʻana i kāna mau mele ponoʻī a me nā hoʻopaʻa demo. Ua hui ʻo ia me Upfront Megatainment Pelekikena Devina Steven. A laila hoʻomaka lākou e hui pū, ua kaulana loa kāna mele.
ʻO Stephen hoʻi ke kuleana no nā ʻoihana mua o nā mea mele e like me Usher. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau mele i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me Steven i hana ʻia i SRC/Universal Records. Ua kau inoa ʻo ia i kahi ʻaelike hoʻopaʻa leo me ka lepili ma 2003. I ka makahiki 2004, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea pena i kāna album mua ʻo Trouble.
Ua alakaʻi ka album i kekahi mau mele kūleʻa me Locked Up, Lonely a me Belly Dancer. Ua piʻi i ka helu 1 ma ka UK Albums Chart, kūʻai aku i 24 kope i kāna pule mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ka album ma hope o ka platinum ma US me ka 1,6 miliona mau kūʻai.
ʻO ka album ʻelua a ʻekolu a Akon
Ua lilo ka lua album Konvicted (2006) i mea paʻi. Hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma lalo o ka lepili KonLive Distribution (i hana ʻia ma lalo o Universal Music Group), ua hoʻomaka ka album ma ka helu 2 ma ka Billboard 200 a kūʻai aku ma luna o 286 kope i kāna pule mua.
Ma kahi kokoke i hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu mua ʻana, ua hoʻokuʻu ka RIAA i ka album. Ua kūʻai aku ma luna o 3 miliona mau kope ma US wale nō.
Single Smack That (feat. eminem) i hoʻomaka ma ka helu 2 ma ka Hot 100. I Wanna Love You (feat. Snoop Dogg) ua piʻi i ka helu 1 ma ka Hot 100. ʻO ke kolu o kāna mele, ʻo Don't Care, ua piʻi i ka helu ʻekahi ma ka Hot 100, a lilo i kāna lua. helu helu-ekahi hookahi.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke kolu studio album Freedom ma Dekemaba 2, 2008. Hoʻomaka ia ma ka helu 7 ma ka Billboard 200 me 110 kope i kūʻai ʻia i kāna pule mua. Ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia i 600 miliona mau kope ma US, loaʻa ka makana platinum. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Freedom label i nā mele mele a ka mea pena: Right Now (Na Na Na) a me Nani (me Colby O'Donis a me Kardinal Offishall).
ʻO ko ʻAkon wā ʻōpio a me ka wā ʻelemakule he haunaele loa. Akā ua hōʻike ʻia nā kumu hilinaʻi e hoʻonui paha ka mea mele i nā hana hewa i hala. Ua ʻōlelo mua ʻo Akon ua hala ʻo ia i 3 mau makahiki ma hope o ka hale paʻahao no ka ʻaihue kaʻa. Akā i ka makahiki 1998, aia ʻo ia i loko o ka hale paʻahao no kekahi mau mahina no ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi kaʻa ʻaihue.
ʻO nā hana mele ʻē aʻe
Ma mua o ka hoʻokumu ʻana iā KonLive Distribution, he lālā hoʻokumu ʻo Akon i kahi lepili moʻolelo ʻē aʻe, ʻo Konvict Muzik. Ma lalo o kēia mau lepili, ua hana a kākau ʻo Akon i nā hits no Lady Gaga, Gwen Stefani, T-Pain, Whitney Houston, Leona Lewis a me Pitbull. ʻO Young Berg, Kardinal Offishall a me nā mea pena kiʻi Nigerian (P-Square, Davido, Wiz Kid) i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia i kāna lepili.
Ua hana pū ʻo Akon me ka moʻolelo kaulana ʻo Michael Jackson. ʻO ka haku mele ʻo Hold My Hand i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka hana hope a Jackson ma mua o kona make ʻana.
Ua loaʻa i ka mea mele he 5 mau koho Grammy a lanakila i ka World Music Awards.
ʻoihana ʻē aʻe ma mua o ke mele
Loaʻa iā Akon nā laina lole ʻelua - nā lole Konvict a me ka mana kiʻekiʻe o Aliaune. Aia nā laina i nā jeans, nā t-shirts, nā sweatshirts me nā pālule no ka laina nani hou wale nō. No Akon kekahi lua daimana ma ʻApelika Hema.
Akon Lighting Africa
Ua nānā ka mea mele ʻAmelika mai Senegal i ka pāhana kalepa ʻo Akon Lighting Africa. Ua hana ʻia ma 2014 me ka American Senegalese Thione Niang. Ua loaʻa i kahi papahana i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻoikaika i nā kaiāulu kūloko o ʻApelika i ke kālā mai Kina Jiangsu International.
I ka makahiki 2016, ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā kukui alanui solar 100 a me 1200 microgrids solar ma ke ʻano o ka papahana. A ua hana ʻia he 5500 mau hana ʻokoʻa, ka hapa nui no ka poʻe ʻōpio, ma 15 mau ʻāina ʻApelika, me Senegal, Benin, Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone a me Niger.
ʻAʻole i lohe ʻia ʻo Akon ma ke kahua mele. A i ka mahina ʻo Kepakemapa 2016, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Akon i luna hoʻokumu no ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka ʻenehana ʻo Royole.
Loaʻa a me nā hoʻokomo kālā
Ua manaʻo ʻo Forbes ua loaʻa iā Akon he $66 miliona no kāna mau hana mele (mai 2008 a 2011). I ka makahiki 2008 - $12 miliona; i ka makahiki 2009 - $20 miliona. A ma 2010 - $ 21 miliona a ma 2011 - 13 miliona mai Tione Niangom. Eia naʻe, ma waho o ke mele, ua loaʻa iā ia kāna ʻoihana ʻoihana kālā he $80 miliona.
ʻElua ona hale nani, aia lāua ʻelua ma Atlanta, Georgia. He $1,65 miliona ka waiwai o kekahi o na hale a he $2,685 miliona kekahi.
ʻOhana, wahine, keiki a me nā kaikunāne
ʻOiai ua mālama ʻo Akon i kona ʻohana ma waho o ke kukui. Aia kekahi mau mea hiki ʻole iā ia ke hūnā mau loa. No ka Muslim hoʻomaʻamaʻa (ua ʻae ʻia e loaʻa i nā wahine ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi), hoʻokahi kāna wahine āna i mare ai. ʻO Tomeka Thiam kona inoa. Eia naʻe, ʻelua mau wāhine ʻē aʻe i pili pū me ia.
ʻO ka huina, he 6 mau keiki a ke kāne mai ʻekolu wahine like ʻole. ʻO Aliwan, Mohammed, Javor, Tyler, Alena a me Arma nā inoa o nā keiki.
ʻElua mau kaikunāne ʻo Akon - ʻo ʻOmar lāua ʻo Abu. ʻO nā kaikunāne ʻelua, pili loa ka mea hoʻokani pila i ke kaikaina (Abu Thiam). ʻO Abu ka Luna Nui o Bu Vision a ʻo ia hoʻi ka Luna Nui o Konvict Muzik. I kona wā ʻōpiopio, ma mua o kona kaulana ʻana i ke kahua mele, ua ʻaihue ʻo Akon i nā kaʻa. A ke kūʻai aku nei ʻo Abu i ka mauʻu no ke ola.
Eia kekahi, ua kuhi hewa ʻo ʻAkon lāua ʻo Abu he mau māhoe. Ua like loa nā kaikunāne ʻelua me kekahi. I kekahi manawa, ua manaʻo ka "fans" e loaʻa ana ʻo Akon i nā puke e hoʻokō ai i nā wahi he nui i ka manawa like. E hoʻokani ʻo ia ma kekahi, a ʻo kona kaikaina ma kekahi. He kaikamahine nō ʻo Abu, ʻo Khadija, a me nā hoʻopukapuka kālā ma ʻApelika.
